Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Lyons Wier Gallery Looks like a fun and clever show.

Jae Yong Kim "Donut You Ever Forget Me" installation

JAE YONG KIM

"Pop Goes The Donut"

On view through May 14th, 2016

Jae Yong Kim's ceramic donut installations elicit an immediate
visceral response. In this case, "DONUTS!" Paying tribute to Pop artists
past and present with his use of familiar motifs, Kim's unique
sculptures have a clear and concise conversation loaded with its own
attraction and dialogue begging the question "is the viewer visually
consuming a donut, an artwork, or the art world at large?" Kim's work is
a caustic comment on the art world's rampant stride towards mass
consumerism or possibly a poignant statement about the gluttonous
effects of an over-caloric 'art' community or for most viewers simply a
sweet treat. Read more

A
graduate of Hartford Art School (West Hartford, CT) and Cranbrook
Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI), Jae Yong Kim has shown in
numerous group and solo exhibitions including the University Gallery,
University of Bridgeport, CT, New Space Gallery, Manchester Community
College, Manchester, CT, American University Museum, Washington DC, The
Waterfall Mansion and Gallery, New York, NY. Kim's work is featured in
the collection of the Han Hyang Lim Ceramic Museum in Korea. Jae Yong
Kim lives in Korea and New York and works from his studio in Seoul and
Jersey City, NJ.

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